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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DOWAGER COUNTESS BATHURST
CHRISTOPHER RICHARD WYNNE NEVINSON (1889-1946)
The Great White Way
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CHRISTOPHER RICHARD WYNNE NEVINSON (1889-1946)
The Great White Way
lithograph, 1920, on Aldwych laid paper, signed in pencil, from the edition of 25, the full sheet, a repaired paper loss at lower right, some other repaired tears at the sheet edges, the subject in good condition
Image 501 x 306 mm., Sheet 658 x 510 mm.
The Great White Way
lithograph, 1920, on Aldwych laid paper, signed in pencil, from the edition of 25, the full sheet, a repaired paper loss at lower right, some other repaired tears at the sheet edges, the subject in good condition
Image 501 x 306 mm., Sheet 658 x 510 mm.
Literature
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Further Details
Between December 1919 and June 1920 Nevinson produced a further group of New York themed prints. This included The Great White Way, a term adopted in the late 1890’s for the first neon lights which appeared on Broadway. This lithograph is an energetic image of glamorous nocturnal New York life, a noisy, bright and pleasure seeking city, during the imminent introduction of Prohibition.
Nevinson's images of New York were received with equal acclaim in New York as they were in London. As with his compelling images of the Western Front, the New York images share the same theme of illustrating the relentless and dominant power of the mechanical age in the twentieth century.
Nevinson's images of New York were received with equal acclaim in New York as they were in London. As with his compelling images of the Western Front, the New York images share the same theme of illustrating the relentless and dominant power of the mechanical age in the twentieth century.
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